Rik expander and lock



T. F. LAWTER.

RIM EXPANDER AND LOCK. APPLxcAnoN FILED ocT. le, 1920.

Patente Sept 2 SHEETS-SHEET i4 A'INVENTQR @awa/o BY Z55 i Uw T. F. LAVVTER.

RlM EXPANDER AND lLOCK.

APPLlcATloN FILED ocr. 18, |920.

Patented Sept. 5, 1922.`

2 SHEETS-SHEET Z.

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SASTLE, NDBNA.

'farmed with' a retangulm' notch l2. aecufed upon me rim abbe other side spt is a, block 1 3 :formed 'with spaced jtfmu C M consi'lbutng knuckles' and Wim which ae kimckes l5 folfmed with hinge ezwes 3,6? 331@ kimckas l@ having inclined surfaces and the and pofmi of be leaf is farmed Wh aA lug l* magi/ed i0 eme? ehe lecess 121 ivoted a; one. Side of ih@ recess: i2 is ntce, 2O for :L purpose be descrbe..

i have 'ihus p'ovie a very simple and connem-Ey mexpenslv@ ilm expanding and means which is very easy t@ operai/e V'finie have smwr; and described the'pe 'mfiecz ambo@ of my invention, it s of comme t@ ne @hdm-Swed that resevce "che 'ght makasuch chang-as in the form, om; a e'icun and mmmgement of parts as Wil@ i ci; depmt from the spit of the invenon ofjhexswpe '-o be suhuine. claim;

within the recess adjacent the split and formed at its free end with a lug e11- gagel'able Within the other recess, and a latch member pvoted upon the plate at the' end remote from the spt and engageable transversely over the leaf when the latter is swung; into engagement with the plate.

n ttmony whereof I affix my signature.

THOMAS F. LAWTER. 

